Usuma Lower Dam

Lower Usuma Dam Water Treatment Plant (LUDWTP), located in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja, is owned by Federal Capital Territory Water Board (FCTWB). Phases 3 and 4 of the project were commissioned in September 2013. The new plants are located next to the existing phase 1 and 2 plants.

Construction works for phase 3 and 4 started in November 2011 and were executed by Biwater. The total investment on the project is estimated to have reached £60m (approximately $99m). Each of the two new plants has the capacity to process 240 million litres of water a day.

Raw water for the new plants is being sourced from the Lower Usuma Dam (LUD) reservoir, which also supplies water to the phase 1 and 2 plants, and the new Gurara Dam reservoir. The new and existing facilities now provide a combined 720 million litres of clean drinking water per day to Abuja and its neighbouring areas.